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Mosby

(17,448 posts)
Sun Jun 3, 2018, 07:07 PM Jun 2018

IDF vet gets death threats after she's falsely accused of killing Gaza medic

A demonstrably false claim started spreading on social media sites around the world on Friday night, accusing a long-since-released IDF soldier, Rebecca, of being the sniper who shot dead a Palestinian medic during violent clashes along the Gaza border earlier that day.

Amid widespread Palestinian and international anger over the killing of Razan Najjar, a 21-year-old volunteer paramedic, during a riot along the security fence, the baseless accusation about Rebecca spread rapidly on social media, prompting threats against the former servicewoman, her friends, and family members.
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-vet-receives-death-threats-after-shes-falsely-accused-of-killing-gaza-medic/?

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IDF vet gets death threats after she's falsely accused of killing Gaza medic (Original Post) Mosby Jun 2018 OP
Ugly story that shows the problems with social media spreading false info oberliner Jun 2018 #1
 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
1. Ugly story that shows the problems with social media spreading false info
Fri Jun 8, 2018, 03:17 PM
Jun 2018

And there sure is a lot of that sort of thing when it comes to Israel and Israelis.

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